Album Rollouts Now Eclipse The Albums Themselves
Cannes, Eurovision, Drake, Harry Styles, and Olivia Rodrigo are proving the rollout is now the product's first market.
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Park Chan-wook Becomes Cannes' First Korean Jury President
Cannes is selling not a red carpet but an institution, with Park Chan-wook's jury turning authorship into governance.
Eurovision Turns 70, Reasserting Public Broadcasting
Vienna's Eurovision week is a public-broadcasting stress test disguised as spectacle.
Drake Skips The Press Tour, Hides 'Iceman' Clues On Streamers
Iceman's rollout turns a Twitch discovery into the press conference Drake did not hold.
Harry Styles' MSG Residency Tests Resale Markets And Charity
Styles's Amsterdam opener is now a ledger of charity promises, official tickets, and resale scarcity.
Olivia Rodrigo Holds 'Drop Dead' Single For Chart Timing
Drop Dead is no longer only a No. 1 single, it is Rodrigo's public test of how much choreography a June album can carry.
Bess Wohl's Closed Play 'Liberation' Keeps Winning Awards
Liberation closed in February, but Broadway's prize machinery is still treating it like one of the season's living shows.
'Lost Boys' And 'Schmigadoon' Push Adaptations Into The Tony Race
The Tony race for Best Musical now starts with a vampire movie and an Apple TV series, not a clean-sheet Broadway original.